Fruit-seeder.



F. LYMAN.

FRUIT SEEDBR.

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Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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P. LYMAN.

FRUIT SEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED IAE. 19, 1908.

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FRANK LYMAN, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

FRUIT-SEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed March 19, 1908. Serial No. 422,174.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK LYMAN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Seeders, of which the following is a specihcation.

My invention relates to fruit seeding machines, and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Description of the Drawings.

In the drawings, similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1k is a central longitudinal section of my improved seeding machine, with a portion indicated in side elevation. Fig. 2` represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of the large elastic pressing roller, broken away centrally. Fig. 3-is an end elevation of the same, With a portion in section. Fig. l-is a longitudinal section of the rotary brush or impaling pin cylinder, centrally broken away. Fig. -is a transverse section of said cylinder partly in elevation, indicating the impaling pins thereon. F ig. @-is an enlarged view of one of the impaling pin segments. Fig. -is a cross section or Fig. 6, indicating the means for holding the various sectional segments from becoming parteci. Fig.8-represents, respectively, side elevation and side or edge view of one of the numerous stripping devices. Fig. Q-indicates a side elevation, and also a section of one coinpleted stripping-brush ring.

General Description.

The frameeworlr, A, of this machine can be composed of any kind of material, and has sides only, the ends being o Jen. Said sides are tied together by suitab e tie-bolts, not shown in the drawing. This frame has recesses, B, C and l), for receiving suitable boxes, which are adjustable so as to regulate the proximity of the various cylinders or rollers, not only to compensate for wear of the various parts, but 'to accommodate various sized fruits.

The boxes li), F and G afford bearings for shafts H, I and K, respectively. Shafts I-I and K, respectively, carry the feed cylinder or roller L and the pin-roller or cylinder M, and the shaft I supports the stripping roller l or cylinder N. On the upper part of the frame A is an angular recess O which supl ports an adjustable box I). Said box P is ,l provided with a set screw 4 and a cap Q, so as to adjustthe small feed roller R on its I shaft S. This feed roller almost contacts the large feed roller L, so as to crush the fruit l when passing between them, to prevent l crushing the seeds of the raisins or other fruit that may pass between said rollers. The surface of said rollers L and R have rubber coverings of considerable thickness, 30 and 31. On the inner surfaces of said rubber coverings are guttapercha linings, 82.

Immediately above the roller L is a conveyer-trough, 35, which is agitated in the rear portion thereof by suitable devices, not shown in the drawings, for allowing the fruit to drop into the hopper U, from whence it is conveyed to and between the rollers L and R, when the rubber surfaces of said rollers crush the fruit which drops on the pin-roller or cylinder M, and as the fruit is crushed it piles up somewhat between the pin-roller and the feed-roller L, whereby it passes into the recesses between the impaling pins V, where it becomes packed, the seeds of the fruit being larger than the spaces between said pins, and the seeds are impaled and reniain on the points of the pins V until the revolving of the pin-roller M brings them opposite the stripping roller N, when the latter, which rel volves rapidly, removes the seeds from the pin-roll, as said rolls revolve in opposite directions. As the pin-roll continues to revolve, the crushed fruit between the impaling pins contacts with the stripper fingers lli", when it drops in a mass into a suitable receptacle as a finished product,

The stripping roller N is cleaned by lingers Y, mounted on a shaft Z, and secured adjustably by set screws 7.

y The stripping fingers W are mounted on a l shaft 20, and held in an adjustable position I by set screws 2l.

l The box E, of the large feed wheel L, 1s l also adjustable by means of bolts or set screws 23. Also, the stripping roller is prol vided with adjustable screws 22 and a locknut 25, so as to hold the parts in position after adjustment. i The impaling pin roller is composed of a number of segments (see Fig. 6 of the acl conipanying drawings). These segments 27 i have projectingMribs 28 and recesses 29 (see Fig. 7, Where these parts are fully illustrated). The object of these parts 28 and 29 is to hold the various segments together and bind them so that they Will not slip apart when revolving rapidly.

In Fig. 4, the shaft K has mounted thereon two disks 3l, and on these disks is secured a thin cylindrical shell 30, on which the pin segments are mounted, and the Washers 32 hold these pin segments in place through the medium of the nuts 33 on opposite ends of the shaft K. rl`he pin segments 27, being' arc-shaped, and having the projections 2S and recesses 29 therein, become bound together similar to a solid cylinder, as the pressure of the Washers 32 against said segments hold them securely through the medium of the nuts 33.

The seed stripping brush is made up of many annular rings (see Fig. 9), and the steel pins therein are held in position by cast metal that surrounds them and Which forms the rings N. The seed stripping brush cylinder has a clamping device similar in part to the clamping device indicated in Fig. 4, which is faces, an impaling pin-cylinder contacting with one of said rollers, a conveyance mounted above said feed-rollers for feeding fruit to said rollers through the medium of a hopper; means for stripping the fruit from said irnpaling pin-cylinder, a rotary stripping brush for removing the seeds from the ends of the impaling pins of said pin-cylinder, and adjustably 'fixed iingers for cleaning the rotary brush.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK LYMAN.

Witnesses:

Gm J. HELY, O. L. EVERTS. 

